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just wanting to run this past you guys … this post is straight from our good friends at bleepingcomputer.com … and the issue is in regards to the inherent vulnerabilities with current ssd-drives. i don't have much to say, since i do not own an ssd-drive …...

Hello, I am having trouble logging into my Asus X551C Laptop Running Windows 10. I keep getting a "We can't sign into your account sign out and the sign back in" error. After a few attempts at signing in and rebooting the computer, I tried to wipe and reset the computer. After a few attempts at...

I'm having the following problems. 1) Getting the Dell Dock error after booting up. Says "The Dell Dock's language file, which is necessary for its operation, has failed to load. Please check your Dell Dock installation" 2) Windows Troubleshooter doesn't run. Says "A problem is preventing the...

Genuinely a question with no idea where to begin, how to phrase question, how to resolve. The basics, Win7 upgraded to Win 10, but problem began in Win7. Current status... Win 10 on my son's PC, many many games, Steam Account, apps, typical teenager, albeit high spec hardware. Said machine is...

My other half turned off computer while it was downloading 10 updates, long story short, black screen. Live microsoft helped me get it up and running again, downloads all eventuall successfully installed, little did I know, the wireless connection to the net was knocked out. This laptop...

System.. Windows 7 pro sp1. Lenovo lap top, last update registers as 08/05/16 Problem.. When I use the check for updates from the control panel it tells me the last check date is 08.08.16 last updated 08/05/16. When I try to go to windows updater and check for up dates the green bar just...

Hi all. Earlier I was trying to install the nexus mods manager for skyrim. Upon trying to run the .exe I got the message: "ShellExecuteEx failed; code -1073741818" a google found no one else who had had the same problem so I opened avast to scan for a virus, when trying to open avast I got the...

Sometimes when i shut down / restart my computer, this process _wgldummywindowfodder is preventing windows from shutting down. Yes i can press the end task button but i'm wondering what is this, virus scans shows nothing. And there is no such process in the process list.. Not sure where is the...

In the last couple of months my win7 desktop PC has developed this problem. The firewall periodically blocks autherised programes & websites. I know is the firewall as when I turn firewall of everything works fine & I can access them on my ipad. I have found if I reset default firewall setting...

This laptop has some boot issues about once every week or so and also locks up. I ran the usual virus and malware scans with very few results. I did a chkdsk /r and it found no problem. I then ran sfc /scannow and this is the message I received: "Windows resource protection found corrupt...

Okay having a very annoying issue with win10 as of late and its been baffling the heck out of me, my CPU fan without any good reason speeds up every so often in windows 10. It doesnt do it in Linux, I have tried an array of software removals, virus scans, system shutdowns, cleaning dust out my...

I recently bought a new USB keyboard (GK-004 Silvio) and a new USB Mouse (Dragon War Thor), and I seem to be experiencing BSODs with my new keyboard. (had been using PS/2 keyboard and mouse before with no problems till date). I then updated all of my drivers using Driver Booster, and the problem...

So i just got a Windows update last night when i shut my computer off. Im not sure if i set it up to automatically update when i installed windows as i ran into quite a few problems when installing and kind of rushed through things when i finally got it to work. However i wanted to check the...

Hello everyone, I've been trying to figure out a fix (along with looking around in the forums) for a few hours now, but I'm worried about my computer. I have a Lenovo with 8.1 installed and today I got a notification that my computer was going to restart and update, which it did without any...

Made an account just for this. I randomly got a BSOD while my computer was on, but I was not using. I restarted the computer (as prompted) and attempted to access the dmp file; however, upon doing so, I am told that access is denied and I do not have permission to retrieve the file. I went into...

I don't know where else to ask this so I am posting this here: A few days ago I installed a third party program which installed a hijacking search engine called snap.do, I then proceeded to uninstall it but now I can't connect to the internet altogether, so I run a virus scan and a few things...

Cannot install Windows Live Essentials 2012 Here's the latest in a long series of unsolvable problems where Windows Essentials 2012 can not be installed. I've asked this same question on other forums only to have it insulted, ignored or used to guide me to spam. The repeated error message -...

My laptop has been crashing a lot. I figured its just old. I did a virus scan and defragged some stuff. It seemed to increase performance but I can't play many games for very long without my laptop crashing. I've attached the BSOD and W7F Diagnostic. Maybe this info will help too: Dell XPS...

I am working on a computer that has com surrogate multiplying and eating up huge amounts of ram, but only when there are desktop icons. I remove all desktop icons (move everything to a different folder) and have no problem. I don't have the problem with a Diagnostic boot but do with no startup...

Ran into a issue i cant figure out. for about a month now at random times when i try to click on a icon on my desktop or the start menu nothing happens. Only way around this is if i push Ctrl Alt del then click cancel then i can click a program to run. for example when it acts up and i like to...